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On Books, Virtual Coffee Tables, and Reading Lists February 13, 2006

One of my daily reads, Phil Gerbyshak, had me headed over to “Creating Passionate Users” with the post headlined “What’s on your (virtual) coffee table?” Nice idea - photographing books rather than making a simple list - as well as the tale:

…a new manager who was taking over a role where he knew the team was unhappy about the situation. Rather than do the usual “let me introduce myself” speech, this manager walked into the conference room with a pile of books he was reading, or that had been favorites, and laid them on the table and said something like, “Here, take a look at these and you’ll know more about me than I could ever explain. Borrow anything you like.”

There’s a couple in the photo’s that I’ve been meaning to read - “Blue Ocean Strategy” and “Mapping the Mind”, for instance. I don’t think they’ve made it to my Amazon wishlist yet, but they will.

I’m taking a similar approach to “sharing” my reading this year - see the “Reading 2006” tab at the top of the site page (or just go ahead and hit the link if you’re reading this in a feed). That’s where I’m at for reading this year. I’ll have to think about another list of images for “recommended” or “favorite” books… The last time I counted, my book collection ran to around three and a half thousand - I’m really bad about giving away or selling books!
I’m heading back to that first post now, to read the comments, and the booklists that people have referenced there, see if anything catches my eye…

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